When I saw this cover of Guitar World Magazine I thought it was kind of insulting to Iron Maiden. If they gave Guitar World permission to do it then I question Iron Maiden’s credibility, but I doubt that’s the case and I also doubt they needed permission. I don’t think Dan Donegan is a bad guitar player at all. I just don’t dig this mockery (Or tribute whatever they want to call it) of a classic Iron Maiden work of art. Now if it was Dave Murray or Adrian Smith that would be a different story.
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Hell no!There is no doubt that DragonForce’s Through The Fire And Flames is a song of insanely complicated guitar work and in the early 80’s every new kid playing guitar was out to learn Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption note for note. However Through The Fire And Flames to me may be a bit too long and overly noodled. I can’t play Eruption or TTFAF and I wouldn’t give either a try. If anything I consider myself a rhythm guitarist and the most complex licks I have probably ever made an effort to learn are the intro to Crazy Train, …read more